ἐπίσκεψις

episkepsis

inspection, visitation

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Prior Analytics 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 28 43b39–45a22

44b39

Chapter 29 45a23–46a2

45a26
Eudemian Ethics 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11

1227a3
Book VII 1
Chapter 6 1240a5–1240b37

1240a8
Metaphysics 2
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Book Α 2
Chapter 3 983a24–984b22

983b2

Chapter 8 988b22–990a32

989b27
Topics 2
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Book VII 1
Chapter 3 153a6–154a11

154a10
Book VIII 1
Chapter 12 162a35–162b30

162b25
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 1095b14–1096a10

1096a5
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 20 477a32–478a10

477b12
Oeconomica 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 6 1344b22–1345b3

1345a23
Parts of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 644b22–646a4

645a16
Physics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 14 222b30–224a17

223a16
Sense and Sensibilia 1
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Chapter 1 436a1–437a18

436a3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπίσκεψις, εως, ἡ, A. inspection, visitation, X. Oec. 8.15; τῶν ἱερῶν Pl. Lg. 849a; τῶν ἱππέων Plu. Crass. 13; ἐν ἐπισκέψει from the observerʼs point of view (opp. ἐν ὑποκειμένοις), Alex. Philalethes ap.Gal. 8.726; visiting of the sick, Plb. 5.56.8, Gal. Libr.Propr. 1. 2. investigation, inquiry, Hp. Prorrh. 2.4, etc.; ἡ ἐ. ἦν, εἰ . . Pl. R. 456c: pl., Phld. Oec.p.71J. 3. numbering, census, LXXNu. 1.21,al.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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